Amaranthé Bay Resort
Uppuveli, Trincomalee — 234.1 km from Bandaranaike (CMB), about 4 hr 43 min. Fixed fares from Rs 31,800, agreed before you fly.
About Amaranthé Bay Resort
Amaranthé Bay Resort is in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, about 4 hr 43 min by road from Bandaranaike International Airport. The hotel lists 3 room types, including Standard Comfort Room and Junior Suite. The hotel lists 4 restaurants and bars, including Main restaurant and Pool bar. Your driver meets you in arrivals and takes you to the door at a fixed price.
Getting there from the airport
Your driver meets you in arrivals and takes you to the door. One fixed price for the whole car, agreed before you fly, with free cancellation up to 24 hours before pickup.
Location
8.61770, 81.21513
Guía del visitante: Amaranthé Bay Resort
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- Standard Comfort Room
- Junior Suite: private jacuzzi, lagoon views
- Executive Suite
- Main restaurant: Sri Lankan and Western cuisine
- Pool bar
- Wild Bar: wine-and-dine experience
- Floating deck on Pillaikulam Aru lagoon: romantic dining
- Spa treatments
- Bike tours of local villages
- Water activities near the natural harbour
- Swimming pool
- Spa and wellness centre
- Lagoon views
- Palm grove setting
Near Amaranthé Bay Resort
Places to visit close to the hotel. Drive time is by road, from the same pricing data as your quote.
Day trips from Amaranthé Bay Resort
Further afield. Drive time is by road, from the same pricing data as your quote.
Amaranthé Bay Resort & Spa sits on Trincomalee's coast at the edge of the Pillaikulam Aru lagoon, built within a grove of coconut and palmyra palms that gives the grounds a secluded, planted-in feel rather than an open beachfront one. The property is a short walk from one of Trincomalee's established beach stretches, but the lagoon, not the open sea, is what the hotel is actually built around, and that choice separates it from most of the straightforward beach hotels elsewhere on this coast.
Rooms lean towards the boutique end of the market: junior suites are fitted with private jacuzzis, and interiors use natural teakwood flooring and mahogany furniture rather than a standard resort finish. Rooms include a flat-screen satellite television, a minibar and a seating area, with balconies looking out over either the lagoon or the pool, and the overall styling is closer to a small design hotel than a large-scale beach resort.
Dining is spread across more than one setting, including a deck built out over the lagoon itself, and a poolside bar, the Calamander Wild Bar, serves drinks through the day. A spa and wellness centre and an outdoor pool round out the on-site facilities, alongside free Wi-Fi throughout the property.
The lagoon setting is really what separates this resort from beach-only hotels further along the coast: water runs along the grounds on the lagoon side as well as being close by on the sea side, and the surrounding palm grove gives the whole property natural shade and a degree of privacy that a straight beachfront plot wouldn't offer. Coconut and palmyra palms are both native to this part of the island, and their presence throughout the grounds is part of what gives the resort its particular sense of place rather than a generic tropical backdrop.
It's built and marketed as a spa-and-quiet-water retreat rather than a watersports base — the floating dining deck and jacuzzi suites both point toward guests who want a boutique, adults-leaning stay on Trincomalee's coast rather than an activity-packed family resort, with the lagoon doing much of the scenic work that a swimming pool alone would otherwise have to carry. The property's name, taken from the amaranth plant, echoes the same emphasis on colour and planting that runs through the palm grove and lagoon-edge gardens, and the combination of jacuzzi suites, a spa and a floating deck gives the hotel a distinctly calmer register than the larger beach resorts further along Trincomalee's coastline.
Your transfer to Amaranthé Bay Resort
The nearest hotel on this site is Trinco Blu by Cinnamon in Uppuveli, a few minutes on foot.
What it costs
| Vehicle | Seats | Typically | Prices from | Book |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economy car | 3–4 | Alto, Aqua, Axio | Rs 31,800 | Book |
| Van, SUV and group | 4–50 | Every, Vezel, Toyota KDH, Coaster | Rs 42,970 | Book |
| Premium car | 3–4 | Camry | Rs 63,060 | Book |
One price for the whole car, not per seat. Drivers and fleets set their own rates, so these are typical prices from our system, not a guarantee — your actual quote can differ. Quoted by the same engine that prices your booking, for the 234.1 km shown — your own quote reflects the exact address, the time of day and any waiting time. See all 9 vehicle classes ↓
Questions about this transfer
How much is a taxi from Colombo airport to Amaranthé Bay Resort?
From Rs 31,800 for the 234.1 km, about 4 hr 43 min. That is a fixed price for the whole car, quoted before you book, not a meter reading.
How long does the transfer to Amaranthé Bay Resort take?
About 4 hr 43 min in normal traffic. Arrivals at Bandaranaike are busiest in the early morning, when the long-haul flights land together.
Will the driver wait if my flight is late?
Yes. Give your flight number when you book and your driver has it. There is no automatic flight tracking yet, so if you are delayed, message your driver on the number in your confirmation. Extended waiting beyond the pickup window is chargeable on a point-to-point transfer, and the terms say by how much.
Can I book a return transfer from Amaranthé Bay Resort?
Yes — the same journey in reverse, at the same fixed price, booked at the same time or later.
All vehicle classes and prices
| Vehicle | Seats | Prices from | Book |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mini / Small Car | 3–4 | Rs 31,800 | Book |
| Economy / Medium Car | 3–4 | Rs 34,760 | Book |
| Sedan | 3–4 | Rs 38,410 | Book |
| Mini Van | 5–7 | Rs 42,970 | Book |
| SUV | 4–5 | Rs 43,890 | Book |
| Van | 8–14 | Rs 46,630 | Book |
| Luxury Car | 3–4 | Rs 63,060 | Book |
| Mini Bus | 15–30 | Rs 65,800 | Book |
| Bus | 30–50 | Rs 95,010 | Book |
Every class, every price, none hidden. Each Book button opens the booking form for this transfer with that class chosen.
Book your transfer through us
- Fixed price in advance, for the whole car. No meter.
- Your driver's profile is shown before you book.
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before pickup.
- Day trips from the hotel can be booked from the cards above.
How this transfer works
One fixed price for the whole car, not per seat. There is no meter, so the figure you are quoted is the figure the booking honours. Give your flight number when you book and your driver has it.
The return leg from Amaranthé Bay Resort is the same journey booked the other way, at the same price, and can be arranged now or later in your stay. Departures want you at Bandaranaike three hours before a long-haul flight, so add the 4 hr 43 min back to that.
Before you book
- Taxis in Trincomalee — what the roads do at different times of day, and how being collected here works.
- Airport transfers — meeting your driver, luggage, child seats and how payment works.
- The airport to Trincomalee route — the drive itself, in detail.
- A driver for several days — the usual arrangement for anyone travelling beyond Trincomalee.
- The district map — where Trincomalee sits, and what is around it.